Tiger & the Porn Star

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For the past three months, I have deliberately stayed away from blogging about the Tiger Woods saga.  I tend not to expect too much from professional athletes in the "roll model" arena.  Sure, I admire their work ethic and their skill, but not much beyond that.  This way, you aren't too disappointed when their personal failings are revealed as is the case in the revelation of Tiger's multiple sexual transgressions.

To be clear, in no way, shape, or form do I condone the actions of Tiger Woods. To be honest, I am not surprised that Tiger Woods ended up having an affair. High profile athletes constantly have women throwing themselves at them.  It would be one thing had it been one or two incidents, but the multiple women and transgressions, puts Tiger into the world class scoundrel category.

Last week, Woods finally made a public statement regarding his issues.   Reading from a prepared statement, Tiger made his public apologies.  It is not up to me to judge the sincerity of his apology, but I hope he was sincere.  The only people who really are important in the judging his sincerity are his wife, family, and friends.  Unfortunately, his apology wasn't enough for lawyer Gloria Allred and at least one of her clients, former porn star Joslyn James.

The two women were upset that Tiger did not include any of his co-conspirators, like Ms. James, in his apology.  In a tearful press conference, Ms. James claims that she deserves a face to face apology from Tiger.  With all due respect to Ms. Allred and Ms. James, but Tiger owes you bupkiss.  You were a willing participant in an affair with a married man.  There is only three people that Tiger owes anything to, and that is Elin Woods and their two kids.  Give me a fucking break! There is only one reason why Gloria Allred and Joslyn James are together.  They smell a big payday.